Frankensteiner

Well, we've played awful in the first two, so we're due for a good game here somewhere. PS - John Lackey is by far the ugliest player in baseball.

Hard to imagine that Buehrle has two 9 IP/1 ER games to the same team in one season. Even harder to imagine our offense scoring only 1 run in each of those games.

I didn't think yesterday could be topped, but we're getting there. The White Sox are chokers, they play horrible when the pressure is on.

QUOTE(fathom @ Oct 12, 2005 -> 10:28 AM) I can't see Everett willingly accepting being a bench player next season. I'm sure he feels like he deserves to start for some team. I really want to see Anderson be the 4th outfielder next season, and get groomed to start the following season. Wouldn't it be better for Anderson to get a full season of at-bats in the minors instead of limited playing time here? I wouldn't mind the Sox trading an overrated Rowand and giving the job to Anderson but how realistic is that?

I'm surprised about the level of interest in Furcal. He's an improvement over Uribe hitting-wise, but more erratic in the field. I don't think a carreer .348 OBP is anything special, especially when he's likely to demand Jimmy Rollins money. And I agree with the need to acquire a #3 hitter, and perhaps a #4 hitter depending on what happens with Konerko. But after Giles and Matsui, there's really not much available. If we can't get either of those guys (likely), I'd just pick-up Everett's option and attempt to work something at the trade deadline. I would not touch our pitching for any trades.

QUOTE(Soxfest @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 10:45 PM) Guys like Byrd give Sox fits for some reason Unfortunately, so do guys like Lackey and Santana.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 10:23 PM) I never thought we would sweep. But this was probably one of our best matchups from a pitching standpoint. This was the best matchup from an "everything" standpoint. Tired team, depleted bullpen, our best pitcher vs. their #4, home crowd, etc.

Ozzie would look a lot smarter had his team executed anything. I guess you can blame him for asking the players to do those things, but that's lame IMO. PS- Rowand is a f***ing horrible bunter. How can a below average major league hitter not know how to bunt?

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 10:25 PM) Shut up. There will be no whining or b****ing whatsoever. You want to whine and complain do it elsewhere. This team is a playoff team, thats won one round and got beat. They hit Byrd up later in the game and just had some hang wiff ems. And Crede sure didn't choke early in the game when he hammered a solo shot. Seriously, shut the f*** up. There's another game tomorrow and I'm not gonna deal with people jumping off ledges. Hang wiff ems? I saw pop-ups, ground outs, and horrible bunt attempts. I remember AJ hitting the ball hard (but that was off KRod) and Uribe hit a hard fly out to Anderson (off Byrd). Sox hitters looked fooled for most of the game.

It seems to me Contreras pitched a good game today. The "step it up" for tomorrow's game should not be directed towards our pitcher but rather our hitting/defense.

It's hard to be confident when the team loses what on paper was its most winnable game. It's only going to get harder from here on out.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 09:25 PM) You have to KILL a ball to get it out now. That's not gonna stop our guys from trying.

On the other hand as poorly as we've played, we're still only 1 run down. I guess we're fortunate in a sense.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 09:19 PM) jesus christ so he's not doing so hot. without him we dont have a prayer tonight. because of him it's close. Huh? He gave the Angels an extra run with a horrible defensive play.

This is as horrible of a game as you can have against an opponent, and when you factor in that the Angels are tired and we're facing Paul Byrd on 3 days rest, it's just a total embarrassment.

A run here and we're dead.

QUOTE(whitesoxmanager @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 08:54 PM) i still say that Arow is our best 3hole option. will somebody please start talking trash about all the players so they can prove you wrong again! We've been over this. Rowand is not a #3 hitter and a season's worth of AB's says Dye is a better hitter than Rowand.

This is Paul Byrd on 3 days rest, and he's dominating. Pathetic.

QUOTE(Wanne @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 08:13 PM) Is it time to move Carl back to the 3rd spot?!? We have no #3 hitter but Dye is still better than Everett.

QUOTE(Iguana @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 07:59 PM) Anyone want to bash Crede now? He just made up for having a horrible play in the field earlier. He certainly doesn't deserve praise. 2-0 or 3-1... same difference.

New article on the Tribune site seems to indicate Garland will go in game 3 and not game 4. http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...-home-headlines

QUOTE(KevHead0881 @ Oct 9, 2005 -> 11:13 AM) Rotation: Game 1: Contreras Game 2: Buehrle Game 3: Garcia Game 4: Garland Not what I would have done at all. If we lose this series, then Ozzie will be criticized regardless of what happens in Game 4. If Garland pitches great and we win the game, the question will then be why not pitch Garland earlier and give him two starts. If Jon pitches poorly and we lose the game, it's all on Ozzie for giving him such a long rest. I'd much rather switch Buehrle and Garland, especially if we're playing the Yankees. With all that said, I'm done being critical of Ozzie. He's gotten us this far and he knows the team far better than me, so it's probably a good move. EDIT: I guess I'm more upset since I feel Jon's getting shafted after being our best starter during the season and I don't think that's fair.

QUOTE(kevin57 @ Oct 9, 2005 -> 09:58 AM) Question: how does he fare at home as opposed to away? Home: 10-6, 3.56 ERA Road: 8-4, 3.44 ERA I don't think it really matters much when it comes to Garland.

I still don't mind letting Paulie walk if he receives a ridiculous contract offer from some other team. And I won't have a problem with Dye/Gload-Anderson as long as we can improve the DH spot by signing a good hitter to replace Everett. I'd like us to make a push for Brian Giles because he'll likely get a smaller contract than Konerko (both in terms of length and money).